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Derek Richards is an artist, musician, composer and producer. As an artist, he has exhibited installation work around the world. He has worked as a musician, has scored for film and TV and composed music for and directed theatre. In the 90s, he co-founded Artec, the UK’s first centre for learning digital media production skills. He ran his own production company HyperJAM. Derek is a member of the audio-visual improv trio, YMV, featuring legendary jazz musicians Cleveland Watkiss and Orphy Robinson.

Mykaell Riley is a founding member of Birmingham’s pioneering reggae band Steel Pulse and founder of the Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra. Riley has worked with many successful UK pop artists as a writer, producer and arranger. He is now director of the Black Music Research Unit at the University of Westminster. His research has included exploring the impact of Jamaican and Jamaican-influenced music on British culture from the 1960s to the present day.